map - a map is a model of earth's surface on a flat surface. globe - a globe is a sphere of earths surface scale - a scale is what relates to the distance on both a map and the earth symbol - a mark on a map that stands for earth's features key - the key tells what the symbol on a map is equator - a line that is imaginary that circles around the earth hemisphere - a hemisphere is half of the earth's sphere prime meridian - it is also a imaginary line that goes through the South Pole and North Pole making a half circle degree - a degree is one out of 360 around a circle latitude - the latitude starts at the equator measuring the distance from north to south in degrees longitude - it measures the distance from east to west in degree map projection - is a framework of line, it help because it helps show landmasses on flat surfaces
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6.2 Models of Earth
Vocabulary
map - a map is a model of earth's surface on a flat surface.
globe - a globe is a sphere of earths surface
scale - a scale is what relates to the distance on both a map and the earth
symbol - a mark on a map that stands for earth's features
key - the key tells what the symbol on a map is
equator - a line that is imaginary that circles around the earth
hemisphere - a hemisphere is half of the earth's sphere
prime meridian - it is also a imaginary line that goes through the South Pole and North Pole making a half circle
degree - a degree is one out of 360 around a circle
latitude - the latitude starts at the equator measuring the distance from north to south in degrees
longitude - it measures the distance from east to west in degree
map projection - is a framework of line, it help because it helps show landmasses on flat surfaces
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